Pictures: Pipe replacement at St. Theresa's Church in Hellertown

MICHAEL KUBEL / THE MORNING CALL

Saint Theresa's church in Hellertown recently replaced a water line due to leakage leading to the grounds being torn up in order to replace the 60-year-old galvanized steel with copper piping. While doing the repairs a leak was discovered in the borough pipe which had to be replaced causing need for a section of the street and sidewalk in front of the church being torn up.

Saint Theresa's church in Hellertown recently replaced a water line due to leakage leading to the grounds being torn up in order to replace the 60-year-old galvanized steel with copper piping. While doing the repairs a leak was discovered in the borough pipe which had to be replaced causing need for a section of the street and sidewalk in front of the church being torn up. (MICHAEL KUBEL / THE MORNING CALL)

Saint Theresa's church in Hellertown recently replaced a water line due to leakage leading to the grounds being torn up in order to replace the 60-year-old galvanized steel with copper piping. While doing the repairs a leak was discovered in the borough pipe which had to be replaced causing need for a section of the street and sidewalk in front of the church being torn up.

Saint Theresa's church in Hellertown recently replaced a water line due to leakage leading to the grounds being torn up in order to replace the 60-year-old galvanized steel with copper piping. While doing the repairs a leak was discovered in the borough pipe which had to be replaced causing need for a section of the street and sidewalk in front of the church being torn up. (MICHAEL KUBEL / THE MORNING CALL)